FRANCE: Paris court sentences ex-dictator Noriega to seven years in jail
A French court has sentenced 76-year-old former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega to seven years in jail for laundering some 2.3 million euros in drug money through French banks during the 1980s. Read More
JUSTICE: French court set to rule in Noriega money laundering trial
A French court is set rule Wednesday in the trial of 76-year-old former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega, who has been charged with laundering some €2.3 million in drug money through French banks during the 1980s. Read More
AFGHANISTAN: French journalists spend six months in captivity in Afghanistan
Exactly six months after French journalists Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier were captured in Afghanistan, French media and local officials are marking the longest period of captivity of a French journalist since the 1980s. Read More